Friday, March 12, 2010

A Bag and a Rex Harrison Hat...Addendum to March Birthdays...

"You ought to know better than to walk into someone's house and start hitting people with your Rex Harrison hat!"...Weird Science

Just as I expected, the morning light did nothing to help my cause...maybe because I got up TOO early and there WAS no light! In any event, pictures were taken and I was out the door...way earlier than need be, evidently. We celebrated Jackie D.s birthday, over at Boulder Station - a rousing morning of Bingo (Loser! -with a capital L and an exclamation !point!) and breakfast (winner) among friends, to help her kick off her 45th year. We are a "handmade gift" sort of group, and Jackie is definitely my little Bohemian Peacenik...she loves anything with a Peace Sign on it. We had run across bag after bag, that she "oohed" and "aahed" over at the ASD show a few weeks back, so I knew a bag was in the stars.

She also loves her hats, so what better than a "Rex Harrison hat" with a handmade, silk ribbonwork flower pin. The ribbon was a special piece of French silk wired ombre that Carole (The Ribbon Lady - see post below) and I ran through her smocking machine to experiment with, when she first got it, a few years back. I had saved it for just the right project - this was it - last night it got the flower treatment. The color is hard to tell from the "badly lit" picture (sheesh!), but it is in shades of brownish-blue, fading to a grayish blue. Happy Birthday, Jackie! Don't go flailing it around at people...

2 comments:

Wow, I was stunned by the beauty of this bag, I am toting this baby everywhere!! I love my hat too!! That flower is way more beautiful in person, I will try to get good shots and post on my blog! Thank you so much for pouring all your fabulous handiwork into my birthday gifts they will be treasured forever!!